ÿþ<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="Author" content="Vassil Karloukovski"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <title>Hudud al-'Alam - 46</title> </head> <body> <font face="Palatino Linotype"> <b><font size=+1>Hudud al-'Alam, The Regions of the World</font></b> <br><b>V. Minorsky</b> <br>&nbsp; </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype"><b>§ 46. Discourse on the Country of Mirvt</b> </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype">East of it are some mountains, and some of the Khazarian Pechenegs (<i>Bachank-i Khazar</i>); south of it, some of the Khazarian Pechenegs and the Gurz Sea; west of it, some parts of the latter (<i>ba'd</font><font face="Arial Unicode MS">#</font><font face="Palatino Linotype">+ dary-yi Gurz</font></i><font face="Palatino Linotype">), and the Inner Bulghrs; north of it, some of the latter and the V.n.nd.r mountains. They are Christians and speak two languages: Arabic (<i>tzi</i>!) and Rkm+ (Byzantine Greek?). They dress like the Arabs. They are on friendly terms (<i>yr+ kunand</i>) with the Turks and the Rkm. They own tents and felt-huts (<i>khudvandn-i qubba va khargh</i>). <br>&nbsp; </font> <p><font face="Palatino Linotype">[<a href="hud_45_c.html">Previous</a>] [<a href="hud_46_c.html">Next</a>] <br>[<a href="index.html">Back to Index</a>] </font> </body> </html>